[yocto] How to include libstdc++ in an image?

William Mills wmills at ti.com
Mon Jul 2 11:25:43 PDT 2012


On 06/30/2012 06:29 PM, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> On Saturday 30 June 2012 23:56:18 Koen Kooi wrote:
>> But do note that if you ship libstdc++ without anything linking to it you
>> forego on the linking exception to the GPL. That is general is a Very Bad
>> Thing(TM), so ship a helloword.cpp binary to keep the fsf happy. As an
>> added bonus the helloworld will drag in the lib automatically.
>
> [citation needed]
>

I agree with Koen.

I have had discussion with the FSF and others in the open source 
compliance arena.  The first sentence appears to be the prevailing 
interpretation.  I have asked the FSF to clarify its position on the FAQ 
but no luck so far.

Bill



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